CA1158835A - Method for producing sodium hydrogen-carbonate and hydrogen-chloride - Google Patents
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ABSTRACT
An improved process for preparing sodium bicarbonate and hydrogen chloride is disclosed by reacting an aqueous sodium chloride solution with carbon dioxide, which process comprises (1) introducing carbon dioxide under pressure into a mixture containing (a) an aqueous sodium chloride solution;
(b) a tertiary amine; and (c) a non-polar solvent; (2) separating the result-ing aqueous and organic phases; (3) freeing the aqueous phase from precipitated sodium bicarbonate and returning the aqueous phase after concentration with sodium carbonate to step (1); and (4) heating the organic phase to release the hydrogen chloride.
An improved process for preparing sodium bicarbonate and hydrogen chloride is disclosed by reacting an aqueous sodium chloride solution with carbon dioxide, which process comprises (1) introducing carbon dioxide under pressure into a mixture containing (a) an aqueous sodium chloride solution;
(b) a tertiary amine; and (c) a non-polar solvent; (2) separating the result-ing aqueous and organic phases; (3) freeing the aqueous phase from precipitated sodium bicarbonate and returning the aqueous phase after concentration with sodium carbonate to step (1); and (4) heating the organic phase to release the hydrogen chloride.
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This invention relates to a process for preparing sodium bicarbonate and hydrogen chloride by reacting an aqueous sodium chloride solution with carbon dioxide, under pressure in the presence of an amine and of an organic solvent.
A major part of world soda-production is obtained by calcining sodium bicarbonate obtained during the ammonia-soda process as an intermediate product according to the equation:
This invention relates to a process for preparing sodium bicarbonate and hydrogen chloride by reacting an aqueous sodium chloride solution with carbon dioxide, under pressure in the presence of an amine and of an organic solvent.
A major part of world soda-production is obtained by calcining sodium bicarbonate obtained during the ammonia-soda process as an intermediate product according to the equation:
2 2 3 ~ NaHC03 NH4Cl together with ammonium chloride. Ammonia is recovered from the latter compound,generally by treatment with burned lime in accordance with the equation:
2NH4Cl + CaO ~ 2NH3 + CaC12 + H20 This produces large quantities of calcium chloride which pass into the drains as spent lye, together with any unreacted sodium chloride. Thus, the disadvantage of the ammonia-soda process is that all of the chlorine in the reacted sodium chloride goes to waste as worthless calcium chloridej as does the unreacted sodium chloride.
As in the ammonia-soda process, the chloride used is also lost in the method of British Patent 1 082 436, according to which alkali metal carbon-ates, among other things, may be produced from alkali metal chlorides and carbon dioxide in the presence of a highly basic amine dissolved in an organic solvent.
All that is recovered rom the aminohydrochloride formed is the amine, and this is achieved by treating the organic phase with an alkaline acting reagent for the purpose of returning it to the process.
From Israeli Patent 33 552 it is known to produce sodium bicarbonate and hydrogen chloride, in a modification of the ammonia-soda proce`ss, by initial-ly gasiying with carbon dioxide a heterogeneous mixture of an amine dissolved in a polar organic solvent and a sodium chloride brine. Sodium bicarbonate is ~r~
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precipitated from the aaueous phase, while the resulting aminohydrochloride remains dissolved in the organic phase and is separated. The amine is then regenerated from its hydrochloride by treatment with aqueous magnesium hydroxide, and the aqueous magnesium chloride obtained is broken down, at temperatures of up to 500 C, into magnesium oxide, magnesium oxychloride and hydrogen chloride.
However, due to the process, the hydrogen chloride is not entirely anhydrous and its industrial use is therefore restricted. Another disadvantage of this method is the heat required in recovering hydrogen chloride, which increases the risk of corrosion, and the use of magnesium salts as additives.
It is therefore the purpose of the present invention to develop~
an economical and non-polluting process for producing sodium bicarbonate and hydrogen chloride from sodium chloride and carbon dioxide, which also makes it possible to recover hydrogen chloride under less aggressive, and technicallY
simpler, conditions than those described in Israeli Patent 33 552, and further-more to obtain it in the anhydrous form if necessary.
Accordingly, the invention provides a process for preparing sodium bicarbonate and hydrogen chloride by reacting an aqueous sodium chloride solution with carbon dioxide, which process comprises (1) introducing carbon dioxide under pressure into a mixture containing (a) an aqueous sodium chloride solution, (b) a tertiary amine and (c) a non-polar solvent; (2) separating the resulting aqueous and organic phases;(3) freeing the aqueous phase from precipitated sodium bicarbonate and returning the aqueous phase after concen-tration with sodium carbonate to step (l);and (4) heating the organic phase to release the hydrogen chloride.
Step (1) of the process, hereinafter referred to as the carbonating step, starts with a mixture containing mainly an aqueous sodium chloride solution, a tertiary amine, and a non-polar organic solvent. Other components - .~ , . , , , , . -, :
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may be~ for example, certain amounts of dissolved and undissolved sodium bicar-bonate, undissolved sodium chloride, and active and inactive decomposition~
products of the amine.
The amines useful individually or in mixtures are those having a basicity such that they form hydrochlorides in the carbonating step and also split off hydrogen chloride as completely as possible, at an adequate rate, in the thermolysis step (step (4) of the process), whereby temperatures of over 300 C must be avoided in order to prevent amine decomposition.
It was found that these conditions are me-t, on the one hand, by tertiary non-aromatic amines which contain, in the total nitrogen-bonded l.igands, from 14 to 39, preferably from 18 to 36 caYbon atoms, and in which all lateral chai.ns may be unbranched primaries, but a-t the most one me-thyl group may be present, or in which the unbranched primary lateral chains may be wholly or partly replaced by branched primaries, providing that the branching locations are at least 3 carbon atoms distant from the central nitrogen atom, or i.n which two of the lateral chains may be branched primaries with the branching in 2-posi-tion, and the third lateral chain is an unbranched primary, or in which one lateral chain is a branched primary with the branching in 2-position, while the other lateral chains may be either both unbranched primaries or one lmbranched primary and one unbranched secondary o:r a:li.cyc:Li.{:, o:r :;n wh:i.(tl l,wo o:l -t;he un-branched primary latera] chains may be replaced by cyclohexyl groups; and, on the other hand, by mixtures of other tertiary non-aroma-tic amines having from 14 to 39 carbon atoms, ;.n which the abovementioned amines predominate by weight.
The following are examples of suitable amines of this -type:
Tri-n-hexylamine, -tri-n-octylamine, tri-n-laurylam;.ne, tri-(3,5,5--trime-thyl-hexyl)-amine, tri-(3,5,5-trimethyloctyl)-amine, tri-(3,5,5-tri-methyldecyl)-~nine, N-octyl-di-(2-ethylhexyl.)-amine, N,N-dioctyl-(2-ethylhexyl)-amine, 11588~5 N-octyl-N-(4-heptyl)-(2-ethylhexyl)-amine, N-octyl-N-(4-heptyl)-cyclohexylamine, N-octyl-N-(2-ethylhexyl)-cyclohexylamine, N-octyl-dicyclohexylamine and N-hexadecyl-dicyclohexylamine.
The conditions are also met by tertiary amines which are N-alkyl-azacycloalkanes with a total of at least 14 carbon atoms. The general formula for such amines is: ~
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wherein n is a whole number fro ~ o 12, R signifies an alkyl group having a maximum of 18 carbon atoms, and the methylene groups are optionally substituted by alkyl groups having a maximum of 6 carbon atoms in the total number of alkgl groups.
Examples of suitable N-alkyl-azacycloalkanes are: N-dodecyl-pyrrolidine, N-hexadecyl-pyrrolidine, N-octadecyl-pyrrolidine, N-dodecyl-pipe-ridine, N-tetradecyl-piperidine, N-hexadecyl-piperidine, N-octadecyl-piperidine, N-octyl-azacycloheptane, N-dodecyl-azacycloheptane, N-octadecyl~azacycloheptane, N-octyl-3,3,5-trimethyl-azacycloheptane, N-octyl-3,5,5-trimethylazacycloheptane, N-dodecyl-3,3,5-trimethylazacycloheptane, N-dodecyl-3,5,5,-trimethylazacyclo-heptane, N-octadecgl-3,3,5-trimethylazacycloheptane, N-octadecyl-3,5,5-trimethyl~
azacycloheptane, N-octyl-azacyclononane, N-dodecyl-azacyclononane, N-octadecyl-azacyclononane, N-hexyl-azacyclotridecane, N-octyl-azacyclotridecane, N-dodecyl-azacyclotridecane and N-octadecyl-azacyclotridecane.
It is altogether possible that other amines, which do not fall under the restriction, may be used in combination with selected organic sol-vents, in methods according to the invention. The amines mentioned above are therefore to be regarded merely as typical, not as essential.
The term "no~polar solvent" is to be understood, within the scope of the present invention, to mean an organic solvent which, according to infor-' ~., ~ ................................. , , , , '.
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1 1588~5 mation contained in the relevant literature, or on the basis of a measurement carried out according to one of the methods described in the said literature (LANDOLT-PORNSTEIN,"Physikalish-chemische Tabellen" 5th edition, 2nd amendment volume (1931), pages 74 to 76), possesses a dipole moment (~u) equal to zero or negligeably greater than zero (at the most 0.7 debyes).
Suitable non-polar solvents are aromatic, araliphatic and ali-phatic hydrocarbons, which must generally have a boiling point of above 140, preferably about 170C, and include, for example~ cymenes, 1,2,3-trimethyl-benzene, 1,2,4-trimethylbenzol, diethylbenzol, 1,2,4-triethylbenzol, 1,3,5-triethylbenzol, 1,2,3,4.-tetramethylbenzol, 1,2,3,5-tetramethylbenzol, 5-tert.-butyl-m-xylene, 3-phenylpentane, dodecylbenzene, decane, undecane, do-decane, tetradecane, decaline and tetraline,with dodecane being specially preferred.
According to one preferred embodiment of the-process according to the invention, use is made, in step 1 of a polar organic solvent, in addition to the non-polar, or largely non-polar, solvent. Suitable for this purpose are all polar organic solvents having a boiling point of from 140 to 300, pre-ferably from 200 to 260C and which are inert or largely inert under the given reaction conditions, to water, hydrogen chloride, amines and thermal stress. The following are particularly suitable: ethers, non-condensable ketone~ and benzene derivatives such as o- and m-di.chlorobenzene and nitro-benzene. Typical representatives are, for example, diphenyl-ketone, o-dichloro-benzene and diphenyl-ether, the latter being specially preferred.
The weight ratio between the non-polar and polar organic solvents may vary between 99:1 and 1599, but it is generally from 9:1 to 1:9, prefer-ably from 2:3 to 3:2.
In order to obtain optimal yields in step 1 of the process, it 1 1588~5 is desirable to use the sodium chloride solution as far as possible in the saturated form, and to prevent any appreciable decrease in concentration during the reaction. The volume ratio ~ratio of volume to weight) between the organic phase(s) used, consisting of amine, non-polar and possibly polar or-ganic solvents, and the aqueous sodium chloride solution is restricted, on the one hand, by the reduction in yield due to decrease in sodium chloride concen-tration during the reaction and, on the other hand, by the discharge of amine through the brine which, although slight, does occur. The former may be pre-vented, for example, by the addition of solid sodium chloride to the reaction vessel, or by using a large excess of brine, whereas amine loss is prevented by circulating the brine through an NaCl saturator. Generally speaking, the volume ratio between the organic phase(s) and the brine is from 1:9 to 9:1, preferably from 1:2 to 2:1.
The weight ratio between the non-polar organic solvents, or the mixture of non-polar and polar organic solvents, and the amine may generally be from 20:1 to 0.2:1, preferably from 5:1 to 0.5:1. By means of a few trial experiments, an expert can easily determine the most suitable solvent amine ratio for each particular case. Thus it may, for example, be desirable to use a certain concentration of solvent(s) in order to avoid undue thermal stress of the amine in step 4 of the process. However, this same objective may be attained by hydrochloride fission in vacuo, in which case the volume of solvent in the sump of the fission column may be relatively small (less than 20%).
In carrying out the process according to the invention, the pro-cedure is generally to introduce carbon dioxide under pressure for a certain length of time, into the mixture, the latter consisting mainly of an aqueous sodium chloride solution, an amine, a non-polar organic solvent and possibly ., : . - .
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a polar solvent. It is usual -to operate with C02 pressures of from 5 to 40 bars, preferably from 15 to 30 bars. In this connection it is not necessary that the pressure, selected from -the range indicated, be built up soleiy with the carbon dioxide;it is also possible -to introduce the latter into the carbonat-ing step (1) together with inert gases, for example nitrogen or argon. ~he type and amount of individual components used in step 1 of the process are determined by one or more trial experiments. During, and possibly for some time after, the introduction of the carbon dioxide, care must be -taken to en-sure thorough mixing of -the individual phases, for example by means of an agitator or a s-trong flow of gas. In order to improve the yield9 it is desir-able to operate the carbonating step at temperatures below 25 C, the lower -temperature ]imit being determined by -the dew-point of the carbon dioxide and by the crystallizing out of the solvent, the amine or the amine hydrochloride.
Phase separation takes place in s-tep 2 of the process. In this connection, it has 'been found advantageous to carry out the separation of the organic phase f'rom the aqueous and solid phases under the same pressure, pre-ferably C02 pressure, used in step 1 of the process.
Moreover, two organic phases may occur, depending upon the nature and number of the organic components. In this case, it is a matter of economics whether the phases are subsequent]y used iogc~thcr, or ~hethcr onLy -the ~IC1-rich phase is processed f'urther and the other phase is re-turned -to step 1 of the process.
Phase separation is generally carried out by trans~erring the reaction mixture from step 1 of the process into a separa-ting vessel;af-ter the phases have been separated, both the organic and the inorganic phases (brine and ca-rbonic acid) are removed and returned -to normal pressure.
Whereas the carbon dioxide removed is returned directly to step 1 1588~S
1 of the process, the aqueous phase, from which the solid sodium bicarbonate has been removed by known methods of separation (filtering, centrifuging), is preferably returned only after concentration with sodium chloride (step 3 of the process). The sodium bicarbonate, initially still moist, either has the water removed, optionally after certain purifying operations, by careful dry-ing, or it is calcined, whereby the water, with the carbon dioxide split off, is removed and is generally returned to the carbonating step.
Before the actual thermolysis is carried out (step 4 of the process), it is possible to remove, as far as possible, from the organic phase(s) any water still present, for example, by distilling or rectifying. However, the removal of water is necessary if gaseous hydrogen chloride only is to be obtained in subsequent aminohydrochloride fission.
Finally, in step 4 of the process, the optionally anhydrous organic phase is heated for the purpose of splitting the hydrogen chloride from the aminohydrochloride. In carrying out thermal decomposition of the aminohydrochloride, it is possible to operate under reflux (see German Patent 2633640), or to proceed as described in German O~S 2805933.
Accordine to the method disclosed in German Patent 2633640, the aminohydrochloride solution, optionally still containing free amine, is brought to the boil in a receptacle equipped with a column. In this connection, the solvent, or mixture of solvents, must boil at a temperature 20C or more below the boiling point of the amine. At the top of the column, vapours con-sisting mainly of the solvent or solvents are condensed in the usual manner and are returned to the column as reflux, the hydrogen chloride contained in said vapours and not released from the condensed solvent also escaping from the condensation zone.
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to the invention, larger quantities of solvent are used in the fission-column than in the carbonating step, in order to keep thermal stressing of the amine in the column as low as possible.
According to the method disclosed in German OLS 2805933, the hydrogen chloride is recovered from the aminohydrochloride by heating the latter in the organic solvent, or mixture of solvents, to a temperature from l00 to 250C and passing a flow of inert gas therethrough. ~he most satisfactory temperature within this range is dependent upon the type and quantity of both the a~ine and the solvent, or mixture of solvents. It is desirable for the solvent, or mixture of solvents, to have a relatively low vapour-pressure at the fission-temperature, i.e. the boiling point thereof should bc at least 20C above the fission temperature, in order to keep the discharge, in the form of vapour in the flow of inert gas, as low as possible.
It is easy to obtain pure hydrogen chloride from the mixture of hydrogen chloride and inert gas by known methods, for example adsorption, but this is not always necessary, depending upon the purpose for which the hydrogen ch1oride is to be used.
Por example, if ethylene is uscd as tho carrior-gas, tho mixture of gases obtained may be used directLy for synthosizing chloro-ethanes.
~ inally, according to another preferred embodiment of the proccss of the invention, small quantities of contaminants, for example primary and secondary amines produced mainly by thermal stressing of tertiary am;nes during thermolysis, are removed from the residue in step 4 of the process, before the residue returned to the process at a suitable location.
g ~ ~ 5~5 Unwanted contamirlants may be separated, for example, as described in German Patent Application P 2834252.1, published February 14, 1980 and Canadian Patent 1,120,692. In the case of the former, the mixture of amine, solvent and possible contaminants is - 9a -~ ~5~8~
passed, in whole or in part, t;hrough an adsorbent, for example al~minum oxide, silica gel, or silanized silica gel. In tke case of the latter application, on the other hand, -the primary and secondary arrlines formed are inactivated by reaction with carboxylic acid chlorides.
The process according to -the invention may be carried out con-tinuously or discontinuously.
The sodiwm bicarbonate obtained by the process according to -the invention is used mainly in the production of soda, while the hydrogen chloride obtained is used in the production of hydrochloric acid or chlorinat-ed hydrocarbons, e.g. vinyl chloride.
The process according to the inven-tion may also be used Ior producing potassiwn bicarbona-te and hydrogen chloride from potassiwm chloride and carbon dioxide.
In the following Examples, which illustrate the process according to the invention, all percentages are by weight, unless otherwise indicated.
ExampLe 1 In an autoclave having a capacity of 300 M-L and equipped with a twrbine agi-tator, 30 g of dodecane, 18 g of tri-n-octylamine, correspond:ing to 38% by weight of amine ;n the added orgcmic pha,e, 35 g Or a ~at,l1rate(l aoLu-tion of sodiw~l chloride, and 7 ¢ Or 501.:id NaCL, are adcle(l arld cooled -to 2 C by means of a water-jacker and are contac-ted with C02, for 20 min. at a pressure of 30 bars and, with stirring (800 min ). The stirrer is then switched off, -the pressure is released from the au-toclave, the contents thereof are shaken in-to a separa-ting hopper and, af-ter separa-ting -the phases, in the upper organic phase the hydrogen chloride content is de-termined by acidiMetric titration of an aliquo-t. CalcuLated in moles of HCl per mole of amine, this gives a yield of 57% of the total amount of amine used.
1 1588~5 Example 2 Using the same procedure as in Example 1, but with a 30 g mixture of the given parts of dodecane, as the non-polar solvent, and diphenyl-ether, as the polar solvent, the yields are given in the following Table 1 as a func-tion of the mixture ratios. The favourable effect of ether can be easily recognized.
Table 1 Proportions by weight Yield Diphenyl-ether Dodecane (%) Example 3 The effect of the concentration of NaCl in the aqueous phase is explained hereinafter. Using the same procedure as in Example 1, with a ratio of diphenyl-ether to dodecane of 1:1 and only a 20% sodium chloride solution, the yield obtained is 58%.
Example 4 This explains the effect of different C02 pressures when using different NaCl concentrations of the aqueous phase. With the sa~e experimental procedure as in Example 1, and using a 1:1 mixture of diphenyl-ether and dodecane containing 34% by weight of tri-n-octyl-amine, the following yields were obtained:
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Sodium-chloride solution CO2 pressure [barab5] Yield [%]
25 % by weight 10 25 25 % by weight 30 70 Saturated ~ solid phase 10 26 Saturated + solid phase 30 76 _xample 5 This example describes phase separation, using the CO2 pressure employed in reaction step 1.
A pressure vessel which, under operating conditions, holds about 350 ml and which comprises a stirrer, supply-lines Eor the liquid phases, an inlet connection for C02, and outlet connections for all pllases, is operated as a continuous stirring vessel. Added every hour are 500 ml of an aqueous sodium chloride solution, 500 ml of a mixture of 34% by weight of tri-n-octyl-amine, 33% by weight of diphenyl-ether, and 33% by weight of dodecane, and this mixture is caused to react by contact with CO2 at a pressure of 30 bars. The phases pass through an overflow into a separating vessel in which the same CO2 pressure obtains. The organic phase i.s removed from an upper connection, while the aqueous phase and solid bicarbonate are removed from a lower colmec-tion.
If a 25% solution of sodium chloride is used, and -the temperature is 2C, a 69% yield is obtained with an average period of residence of the organic phase of 20 min. in the stirring vessel, after adjustment of the station-ary operating condition.
_ample 6 This example explains the separation of the hydrogen chloride combined in the organic phase.
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The organic phase from step 2 of the process is placed in a heatable flask equipped with a thermometer, a descending cooler, and a connec-tor. The resulting condensate, and any uncondensable portions, are passed to a receiver, which contains an aqueous solution of caustic soda o:f known NaOH content, and is stirred. Beyond the cooler, 4 litres/h of nitrogen are introduced through a connector, in order to prevent the liquid from rising up out of the receiver. A constant level is maintained by feeding solvent into the flask, through a connector, by means of a metering pump.
195 g of the organic phase according to Example 5 are used. After the boiling temperature is reached, a small amount of water/solvent azeotrope passes over. Only thereafter is a large amount of hydrogen chloride split off.
The rate of distillation amounts to about 7.3 ml of distillate/min. After 73 ml of distillate have been obtained, 11% oE the hydrogen chloride has passed over, after 146 ml, 18%, and after 292 ml, 27%.
_xample 7 This example describes an experimental continuous production of sodium bicarbonate and hydrogen chloride.
The carbonating reaction is carried out with the apparatus de-scribed in Examp]e 5. The organic phase is returned to atrnosphcric pressure in a buEfer-vessel and -is passcd continuo-IsLy -to a fiIIcI-colu~ (IlcigIIt 2500 mm, diameter 40 mm~ equipped with adephlegmator, at 3/4 hcight, with 850 ml/h.
The water carried along is removed from the condensate at the head of the column with the aid of a separating bottle, in tile form of aqueous hydrochloric acid. (Removal of the water with no loss of I-ICl may also be effected in a preceding distilling stage). The hydrogen chloride passing through the dephlegmator is measured for balancing. The amine-solvent mixture leaving the sump of the column is returned to the carbonating reaction through a solid bed 1 1~88~5 of 7000 g of aluminum oxide (1000 mm, 0 100 mm). The organic phase used is a mixture of 1615 g of tri-n-octylamine, 3704 g of diphenyl-ether, and 3730 g of dodecane. A solution of sodium chloride containing 25% by weight of NaCl is used as the aqueous phase. The carbonating reaction is carried out at about 5 C and 30 bars of CO2 pressure.
Over an operating period of 441 h, 4.2 kg of hydrogen chloride and 10.3 kg of sodium bicarbonate of g5.g% purity were obtained.
Example 8 In a 300 ml autoclave, equipped with a turbine-stirrer, 22 g of N-octyl-3,3,5-trimethylazacyc]oheptane (as an isomeric mixture with N-octyl-3,5,5-trimethylazacycloheptane), 22 g of dodecane, and 45 g of a 25%
aqueous NaCl solution, are jac]cet-cooled down to 10C and are caused to react for 60 minutes with CO2, at 30 bars, with the stirrer rotatillg at 800 1 r.p.m The stirrer is then switched off, pressure is released from the autoclave, and the entire contents thereof are shaken into a separating funnel. After the phases have been separated, the hydrogen chloride in the organic phase(s) is determined by acidimetric titration. A total yield of 74% is obtained in relation to the total amount of amine used, based on calculating moles of l-ICl per mole of amine.
Example 9 When the dodecane in Example 1 is replaced by a mixture of 11 g of dodecane and 11 g of diphenyl-ether, the yielcl obtained was 91%.
_mple 10 If the procedure describecl in Example 8 is followed,but with a mixture of 22.5 g of N-dodecyl-piperidine, 11 g of dodecane, 11 g of diphenyl-ether, and 45 g of a 25% aqueous NaCl solution, an 85% yield is obtained.
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Example 11 This example describes the separation of the hydrogen chloride combined in the organic phase. Generally speaking, the procedure is to fill the organic phase(s) from method-step 2 into a heatable flask equipped with a thermometer, a descending cooler, and a connector. The resulting condensate, and the non-condensable parts, are passed to a receiver, containing an aqueous caustic-soda solution of known NaOH content, and are stirred. After the cooler, about 4 litres/h of nitrogen are introduced through a connector, to prevent the liquid from rising back out of the receiver. A metering pump supplies the flask continuously through the connector with enough solvent to maintain a constant level.
180 g of the organic phase according to Example 8 are used.
After the boiling temperature has been reached, a small amount of water/solvent azeotrope passes over initially. Only thereafter is hydrogen chloride split-off in large quantities. The rate of evaporation amounts to about 8 ml of distillate/min.. After 40 ml of distillate have been obtained, 10% of the hydrogen chloride has passed over and, after 130 ml, 18.5%.
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2NH4Cl + CaO ~ 2NH3 + CaC12 + H20 This produces large quantities of calcium chloride which pass into the drains as spent lye, together with any unreacted sodium chloride. Thus, the disadvantage of the ammonia-soda process is that all of the chlorine in the reacted sodium chloride goes to waste as worthless calcium chloridej as does the unreacted sodium chloride.
As in the ammonia-soda process, the chloride used is also lost in the method of British Patent 1 082 436, according to which alkali metal carbon-ates, among other things, may be produced from alkali metal chlorides and carbon dioxide in the presence of a highly basic amine dissolved in an organic solvent.
All that is recovered rom the aminohydrochloride formed is the amine, and this is achieved by treating the organic phase with an alkaline acting reagent for the purpose of returning it to the process.
From Israeli Patent 33 552 it is known to produce sodium bicarbonate and hydrogen chloride, in a modification of the ammonia-soda proce`ss, by initial-ly gasiying with carbon dioxide a heterogeneous mixture of an amine dissolved in a polar organic solvent and a sodium chloride brine. Sodium bicarbonate is ~r~
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precipitated from the aaueous phase, while the resulting aminohydrochloride remains dissolved in the organic phase and is separated. The amine is then regenerated from its hydrochloride by treatment with aqueous magnesium hydroxide, and the aqueous magnesium chloride obtained is broken down, at temperatures of up to 500 C, into magnesium oxide, magnesium oxychloride and hydrogen chloride.
However, due to the process, the hydrogen chloride is not entirely anhydrous and its industrial use is therefore restricted. Another disadvantage of this method is the heat required in recovering hydrogen chloride, which increases the risk of corrosion, and the use of magnesium salts as additives.
It is therefore the purpose of the present invention to develop~
an economical and non-polluting process for producing sodium bicarbonate and hydrogen chloride from sodium chloride and carbon dioxide, which also makes it possible to recover hydrogen chloride under less aggressive, and technicallY
simpler, conditions than those described in Israeli Patent 33 552, and further-more to obtain it in the anhydrous form if necessary.
Accordingly, the invention provides a process for preparing sodium bicarbonate and hydrogen chloride by reacting an aqueous sodium chloride solution with carbon dioxide, which process comprises (1) introducing carbon dioxide under pressure into a mixture containing (a) an aqueous sodium chloride solution, (b) a tertiary amine and (c) a non-polar solvent; (2) separating the resulting aqueous and organic phases;(3) freeing the aqueous phase from precipitated sodium bicarbonate and returning the aqueous phase after concen-tration with sodium carbonate to step (l);and (4) heating the organic phase to release the hydrogen chloride.
Step (1) of the process, hereinafter referred to as the carbonating step, starts with a mixture containing mainly an aqueous sodium chloride solution, a tertiary amine, and a non-polar organic solvent. Other components - .~ , . , , , , . -, :
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products of the amine.
The amines useful individually or in mixtures are those having a basicity such that they form hydrochlorides in the carbonating step and also split off hydrogen chloride as completely as possible, at an adequate rate, in the thermolysis step (step (4) of the process), whereby temperatures of over 300 C must be avoided in order to prevent amine decomposition.
It was found that these conditions are me-t, on the one hand, by tertiary non-aromatic amines which contain, in the total nitrogen-bonded l.igands, from 14 to 39, preferably from 18 to 36 caYbon atoms, and in which all lateral chai.ns may be unbranched primaries, but a-t the most one me-thyl group may be present, or in which the unbranched primary lateral chains may be wholly or partly replaced by branched primaries, providing that the branching locations are at least 3 carbon atoms distant from the central nitrogen atom, or i.n which two of the lateral chains may be branched primaries with the branching in 2-posi-tion, and the third lateral chain is an unbranched primary, or in which one lateral chain is a branched primary with the branching in 2-position, while the other lateral chains may be either both unbranched primaries or one lmbranched primary and one unbranched secondary o:r a:li.cyc:Li.{:, o:r :;n wh:i.(tl l,wo o:l -t;he un-branched primary latera] chains may be replaced by cyclohexyl groups; and, on the other hand, by mixtures of other tertiary non-aroma-tic amines having from 14 to 39 carbon atoms, ;.n which the abovementioned amines predominate by weight.
The following are examples of suitable amines of this -type:
Tri-n-hexylamine, -tri-n-octylamine, tri-n-laurylam;.ne, tri-(3,5,5--trime-thyl-hexyl)-amine, tri-(3,5,5-trimethyloctyl)-amine, tri-(3,5,5-tri-methyldecyl)-~nine, N-octyl-di-(2-ethylhexyl.)-amine, N,N-dioctyl-(2-ethylhexyl)-amine, 11588~5 N-octyl-N-(4-heptyl)-(2-ethylhexyl)-amine, N-octyl-N-(4-heptyl)-cyclohexylamine, N-octyl-N-(2-ethylhexyl)-cyclohexylamine, N-octyl-dicyclohexylamine and N-hexadecyl-dicyclohexylamine.
The conditions are also met by tertiary amines which are N-alkyl-azacycloalkanes with a total of at least 14 carbon atoms. The general formula for such amines is: ~
(C ~ n N-R
wherein n is a whole number fro ~ o 12, R signifies an alkyl group having a maximum of 18 carbon atoms, and the methylene groups are optionally substituted by alkyl groups having a maximum of 6 carbon atoms in the total number of alkgl groups.
Examples of suitable N-alkyl-azacycloalkanes are: N-dodecyl-pyrrolidine, N-hexadecyl-pyrrolidine, N-octadecyl-pyrrolidine, N-dodecyl-pipe-ridine, N-tetradecyl-piperidine, N-hexadecyl-piperidine, N-octadecyl-piperidine, N-octyl-azacycloheptane, N-dodecyl-azacycloheptane, N-octadecyl~azacycloheptane, N-octyl-3,3,5-trimethyl-azacycloheptane, N-octyl-3,5,5-trimethylazacycloheptane, N-dodecyl-3,3,5-trimethylazacycloheptane, N-dodecyl-3,5,5,-trimethylazacyclo-heptane, N-octadecgl-3,3,5-trimethylazacycloheptane, N-octadecyl-3,5,5-trimethyl~
azacycloheptane, N-octyl-azacyclononane, N-dodecyl-azacyclononane, N-octadecyl-azacyclononane, N-hexyl-azacyclotridecane, N-octyl-azacyclotridecane, N-dodecyl-azacyclotridecane and N-octadecyl-azacyclotridecane.
It is altogether possible that other amines, which do not fall under the restriction, may be used in combination with selected organic sol-vents, in methods according to the invention. The amines mentioned above are therefore to be regarded merely as typical, not as essential.
The term "no~polar solvent" is to be understood, within the scope of the present invention, to mean an organic solvent which, according to infor-' ~., ~ ................................. , , , , '.
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1 1588~5 mation contained in the relevant literature, or on the basis of a measurement carried out according to one of the methods described in the said literature (LANDOLT-PORNSTEIN,"Physikalish-chemische Tabellen" 5th edition, 2nd amendment volume (1931), pages 74 to 76), possesses a dipole moment (~u) equal to zero or negligeably greater than zero (at the most 0.7 debyes).
Suitable non-polar solvents are aromatic, araliphatic and ali-phatic hydrocarbons, which must generally have a boiling point of above 140, preferably about 170C, and include, for example~ cymenes, 1,2,3-trimethyl-benzene, 1,2,4-trimethylbenzol, diethylbenzol, 1,2,4-triethylbenzol, 1,3,5-triethylbenzol, 1,2,3,4.-tetramethylbenzol, 1,2,3,5-tetramethylbenzol, 5-tert.-butyl-m-xylene, 3-phenylpentane, dodecylbenzene, decane, undecane, do-decane, tetradecane, decaline and tetraline,with dodecane being specially preferred.
According to one preferred embodiment of the-process according to the invention, use is made, in step 1 of a polar organic solvent, in addition to the non-polar, or largely non-polar, solvent. Suitable for this purpose are all polar organic solvents having a boiling point of from 140 to 300, pre-ferably from 200 to 260C and which are inert or largely inert under the given reaction conditions, to water, hydrogen chloride, amines and thermal stress. The following are particularly suitable: ethers, non-condensable ketone~ and benzene derivatives such as o- and m-di.chlorobenzene and nitro-benzene. Typical representatives are, for example, diphenyl-ketone, o-dichloro-benzene and diphenyl-ether, the latter being specially preferred.
The weight ratio between the non-polar and polar organic solvents may vary between 99:1 and 1599, but it is generally from 9:1 to 1:9, prefer-ably from 2:3 to 3:2.
In order to obtain optimal yields in step 1 of the process, it 1 1588~5 is desirable to use the sodium chloride solution as far as possible in the saturated form, and to prevent any appreciable decrease in concentration during the reaction. The volume ratio ~ratio of volume to weight) between the organic phase(s) used, consisting of amine, non-polar and possibly polar or-ganic solvents, and the aqueous sodium chloride solution is restricted, on the one hand, by the reduction in yield due to decrease in sodium chloride concen-tration during the reaction and, on the other hand, by the discharge of amine through the brine which, although slight, does occur. The former may be pre-vented, for example, by the addition of solid sodium chloride to the reaction vessel, or by using a large excess of brine, whereas amine loss is prevented by circulating the brine through an NaCl saturator. Generally speaking, the volume ratio between the organic phase(s) and the brine is from 1:9 to 9:1, preferably from 1:2 to 2:1.
The weight ratio between the non-polar organic solvents, or the mixture of non-polar and polar organic solvents, and the amine may generally be from 20:1 to 0.2:1, preferably from 5:1 to 0.5:1. By means of a few trial experiments, an expert can easily determine the most suitable solvent amine ratio for each particular case. Thus it may, for example, be desirable to use a certain concentration of solvent(s) in order to avoid undue thermal stress of the amine in step 4 of the process. However, this same objective may be attained by hydrochloride fission in vacuo, in which case the volume of solvent in the sump of the fission column may be relatively small (less than 20%).
In carrying out the process according to the invention, the pro-cedure is generally to introduce carbon dioxide under pressure for a certain length of time, into the mixture, the latter consisting mainly of an aqueous sodium chloride solution, an amine, a non-polar organic solvent and possibly ., : . - .
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a polar solvent. It is usual -to operate with C02 pressures of from 5 to 40 bars, preferably from 15 to 30 bars. In this connection it is not necessary that the pressure, selected from -the range indicated, be built up soleiy with the carbon dioxide;it is also possible -to introduce the latter into the carbonat-ing step (1) together with inert gases, for example nitrogen or argon. ~he type and amount of individual components used in step 1 of the process are determined by one or more trial experiments. During, and possibly for some time after, the introduction of the carbon dioxide, care must be -taken to en-sure thorough mixing of -the individual phases, for example by means of an agitator or a s-trong flow of gas. In order to improve the yield9 it is desir-able to operate the carbonating step at temperatures below 25 C, the lower -temperature ]imit being determined by -the dew-point of the carbon dioxide and by the crystallizing out of the solvent, the amine or the amine hydrochloride.
Phase separation takes place in s-tep 2 of the process. In this connection, it has 'been found advantageous to carry out the separation of the organic phase f'rom the aqueous and solid phases under the same pressure, pre-ferably C02 pressure, used in step 1 of the process.
Moreover, two organic phases may occur, depending upon the nature and number of the organic components. In this case, it is a matter of economics whether the phases are subsequent]y used iogc~thcr, or ~hethcr onLy -the ~IC1-rich phase is processed f'urther and the other phase is re-turned -to step 1 of the process.
Phase separation is generally carried out by trans~erring the reaction mixture from step 1 of the process into a separa-ting vessel;af-ter the phases have been separated, both the organic and the inorganic phases (brine and ca-rbonic acid) are removed and returned -to normal pressure.
Whereas the carbon dioxide removed is returned directly to step 1 1588~S
1 of the process, the aqueous phase, from which the solid sodium bicarbonate has been removed by known methods of separation (filtering, centrifuging), is preferably returned only after concentration with sodium chloride (step 3 of the process). The sodium bicarbonate, initially still moist, either has the water removed, optionally after certain purifying operations, by careful dry-ing, or it is calcined, whereby the water, with the carbon dioxide split off, is removed and is generally returned to the carbonating step.
Before the actual thermolysis is carried out (step 4 of the process), it is possible to remove, as far as possible, from the organic phase(s) any water still present, for example, by distilling or rectifying. However, the removal of water is necessary if gaseous hydrogen chloride only is to be obtained in subsequent aminohydrochloride fission.
Finally, in step 4 of the process, the optionally anhydrous organic phase is heated for the purpose of splitting the hydrogen chloride from the aminohydrochloride. In carrying out thermal decomposition of the aminohydrochloride, it is possible to operate under reflux (see German Patent 2633640), or to proceed as described in German O~S 2805933.
Accordine to the method disclosed in German Patent 2633640, the aminohydrochloride solution, optionally still containing free amine, is brought to the boil in a receptacle equipped with a column. In this connection, the solvent, or mixture of solvents, must boil at a temperature 20C or more below the boiling point of the amine. At the top of the column, vapours con-sisting mainly of the solvent or solvents are condensed in the usual manner and are returned to the column as reflux, the hydrogen chloride contained in said vapours and not released from the condensed solvent also escaping from the condensation zone.
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to the invention, larger quantities of solvent are used in the fission-column than in the carbonating step, in order to keep thermal stressing of the amine in the column as low as possible.
According to the method disclosed in German OLS 2805933, the hydrogen chloride is recovered from the aminohydrochloride by heating the latter in the organic solvent, or mixture of solvents, to a temperature from l00 to 250C and passing a flow of inert gas therethrough. ~he most satisfactory temperature within this range is dependent upon the type and quantity of both the a~ine and the solvent, or mixture of solvents. It is desirable for the solvent, or mixture of solvents, to have a relatively low vapour-pressure at the fission-temperature, i.e. the boiling point thereof should bc at least 20C above the fission temperature, in order to keep the discharge, in the form of vapour in the flow of inert gas, as low as possible.
It is easy to obtain pure hydrogen chloride from the mixture of hydrogen chloride and inert gas by known methods, for example adsorption, but this is not always necessary, depending upon the purpose for which the hydrogen ch1oride is to be used.
Por example, if ethylene is uscd as tho carrior-gas, tho mixture of gases obtained may be used directLy for synthosizing chloro-ethanes.
~ inally, according to another preferred embodiment of the proccss of the invention, small quantities of contaminants, for example primary and secondary amines produced mainly by thermal stressing of tertiary am;nes during thermolysis, are removed from the residue in step 4 of the process, before the residue returned to the process at a suitable location.
g ~ ~ 5~5 Unwanted contamirlants may be separated, for example, as described in German Patent Application P 2834252.1, published February 14, 1980 and Canadian Patent 1,120,692. In the case of the former, the mixture of amine, solvent and possible contaminants is - 9a -~ ~5~8~
passed, in whole or in part, t;hrough an adsorbent, for example al~minum oxide, silica gel, or silanized silica gel. In tke case of the latter application, on the other hand, -the primary and secondary arrlines formed are inactivated by reaction with carboxylic acid chlorides.
The process according to -the invention may be carried out con-tinuously or discontinuously.
The sodiwm bicarbonate obtained by the process according to -the invention is used mainly in the production of soda, while the hydrogen chloride obtained is used in the production of hydrochloric acid or chlorinat-ed hydrocarbons, e.g. vinyl chloride.
The process according to the inven-tion may also be used Ior producing potassiwn bicarbona-te and hydrogen chloride from potassiwm chloride and carbon dioxide.
In the following Examples, which illustrate the process according to the invention, all percentages are by weight, unless otherwise indicated.
ExampLe 1 In an autoclave having a capacity of 300 M-L and equipped with a twrbine agi-tator, 30 g of dodecane, 18 g of tri-n-octylamine, correspond:ing to 38% by weight of amine ;n the added orgcmic pha,e, 35 g Or a ~at,l1rate(l aoLu-tion of sodiw~l chloride, and 7 ¢ Or 501.:id NaCL, are adcle(l arld cooled -to 2 C by means of a water-jacker and are contac-ted with C02, for 20 min. at a pressure of 30 bars and, with stirring (800 min ). The stirrer is then switched off, -the pressure is released from the au-toclave, the contents thereof are shaken in-to a separa-ting hopper and, af-ter separa-ting -the phases, in the upper organic phase the hydrogen chloride content is de-termined by acidiMetric titration of an aliquo-t. CalcuLated in moles of HCl per mole of amine, this gives a yield of 57% of the total amount of amine used.
1 1588~5 Example 2 Using the same procedure as in Example 1, but with a 30 g mixture of the given parts of dodecane, as the non-polar solvent, and diphenyl-ether, as the polar solvent, the yields are given in the following Table 1 as a func-tion of the mixture ratios. The favourable effect of ether can be easily recognized.
Table 1 Proportions by weight Yield Diphenyl-ether Dodecane (%) Example 3 The effect of the concentration of NaCl in the aqueous phase is explained hereinafter. Using the same procedure as in Example 1, with a ratio of diphenyl-ether to dodecane of 1:1 and only a 20% sodium chloride solution, the yield obtained is 58%.
Example 4 This explains the effect of different C02 pressures when using different NaCl concentrations of the aqueous phase. With the sa~e experimental procedure as in Example 1, and using a 1:1 mixture of diphenyl-ether and dodecane containing 34% by weight of tri-n-octyl-amine, the following yields were obtained:
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25 % by weight 10 25 25 % by weight 30 70 Saturated ~ solid phase 10 26 Saturated + solid phase 30 76 _xample 5 This example describes phase separation, using the CO2 pressure employed in reaction step 1.
A pressure vessel which, under operating conditions, holds about 350 ml and which comprises a stirrer, supply-lines Eor the liquid phases, an inlet connection for C02, and outlet connections for all pllases, is operated as a continuous stirring vessel. Added every hour are 500 ml of an aqueous sodium chloride solution, 500 ml of a mixture of 34% by weight of tri-n-octyl-amine, 33% by weight of diphenyl-ether, and 33% by weight of dodecane, and this mixture is caused to react by contact with CO2 at a pressure of 30 bars. The phases pass through an overflow into a separating vessel in which the same CO2 pressure obtains. The organic phase i.s removed from an upper connection, while the aqueous phase and solid bicarbonate are removed from a lower colmec-tion.
If a 25% solution of sodium chloride is used, and -the temperature is 2C, a 69% yield is obtained with an average period of residence of the organic phase of 20 min. in the stirring vessel, after adjustment of the station-ary operating condition.
_ample 6 This example explains the separation of the hydrogen chloride combined in the organic phase.
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The organic phase from step 2 of the process is placed in a heatable flask equipped with a thermometer, a descending cooler, and a connec-tor. The resulting condensate, and any uncondensable portions, are passed to a receiver, which contains an aqueous solution of caustic soda o:f known NaOH content, and is stirred. Beyond the cooler, 4 litres/h of nitrogen are introduced through a connector, in order to prevent the liquid from rising up out of the receiver. A constant level is maintained by feeding solvent into the flask, through a connector, by means of a metering pump.
195 g of the organic phase according to Example 5 are used. After the boiling temperature is reached, a small amount of water/solvent azeotrope passes over. Only thereafter is a large amount of hydrogen chloride split off.
The rate of distillation amounts to about 7.3 ml of distillate/min. After 73 ml of distillate have been obtained, 11% oE the hydrogen chloride has passed over, after 146 ml, 18%, and after 292 ml, 27%.
_xample 7 This example describes an experimental continuous production of sodium bicarbonate and hydrogen chloride.
The carbonating reaction is carried out with the apparatus de-scribed in Examp]e 5. The organic phase is returned to atrnosphcric pressure in a buEfer-vessel and -is passcd continuo-IsLy -to a fiIIcI-colu~ (IlcigIIt 2500 mm, diameter 40 mm~ equipped with adephlegmator, at 3/4 hcight, with 850 ml/h.
The water carried along is removed from the condensate at the head of the column with the aid of a separating bottle, in tile form of aqueous hydrochloric acid. (Removal of the water with no loss of I-ICl may also be effected in a preceding distilling stage). The hydrogen chloride passing through the dephlegmator is measured for balancing. The amine-solvent mixture leaving the sump of the column is returned to the carbonating reaction through a solid bed 1 1~88~5 of 7000 g of aluminum oxide (1000 mm, 0 100 mm). The organic phase used is a mixture of 1615 g of tri-n-octylamine, 3704 g of diphenyl-ether, and 3730 g of dodecane. A solution of sodium chloride containing 25% by weight of NaCl is used as the aqueous phase. The carbonating reaction is carried out at about 5 C and 30 bars of CO2 pressure.
Over an operating period of 441 h, 4.2 kg of hydrogen chloride and 10.3 kg of sodium bicarbonate of g5.g% purity were obtained.
Example 8 In a 300 ml autoclave, equipped with a turbine-stirrer, 22 g of N-octyl-3,3,5-trimethylazacyc]oheptane (as an isomeric mixture with N-octyl-3,5,5-trimethylazacycloheptane), 22 g of dodecane, and 45 g of a 25%
aqueous NaCl solution, are jac]cet-cooled down to 10C and are caused to react for 60 minutes with CO2, at 30 bars, with the stirrer rotatillg at 800 1 r.p.m The stirrer is then switched off, pressure is released from the autoclave, and the entire contents thereof are shaken into a separating funnel. After the phases have been separated, the hydrogen chloride in the organic phase(s) is determined by acidimetric titration. A total yield of 74% is obtained in relation to the total amount of amine used, based on calculating moles of l-ICl per mole of amine.
Example 9 When the dodecane in Example 1 is replaced by a mixture of 11 g of dodecane and 11 g of diphenyl-ether, the yielcl obtained was 91%.
_mple 10 If the procedure describecl in Example 8 is followed,but with a mixture of 22.5 g of N-dodecyl-piperidine, 11 g of dodecane, 11 g of diphenyl-ether, and 45 g of a 25% aqueous NaCl solution, an 85% yield is obtained.
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Example 11 This example describes the separation of the hydrogen chloride combined in the organic phase. Generally speaking, the procedure is to fill the organic phase(s) from method-step 2 into a heatable flask equipped with a thermometer, a descending cooler, and a connector. The resulting condensate, and the non-condensable parts, are passed to a receiver, containing an aqueous caustic-soda solution of known NaOH content, and are stirred. After the cooler, about 4 litres/h of nitrogen are introduced through a connector, to prevent the liquid from rising back out of the receiver. A metering pump supplies the flask continuously through the connector with enough solvent to maintain a constant level.
180 g of the organic phase according to Example 8 are used.
After the boiling temperature has been reached, a small amount of water/solvent azeotrope passes over initially. Only thereafter is hydrogen chloride split-off in large quantities. The rate of evaporation amounts to about 8 ml of distillate/min.. After 40 ml of distillate have been obtained, 10% of the hydrogen chloride has passed over and, after 130 ml, 18.5%.
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PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A process for preparing sodium bicarbonate and hydrogen chloride by reacting an aqueous sodium chloride solution with carbon dioxide, which pro-cess comprises (1) introducing carbon dioxide under pressure into a mixture containing (a) an aqueous sodium chloride solution; (b) a tertiary amine; and (c) a non-polar solvent; (2) separating the resulting aqueous and organic phases;(3) freeing the aqueous phase from precipitated sodium bicarbonate and returning the aqueous phase after concentration with sodium carbonate to step (l); and (4) heating the organic phase to release the hydrogen chloride.
2. A process according to claim 1, wherein a polar organic solvent with a boiling point of > 140°C is used in addition to the non-polar solvent in step (1).
3. A process according to claim 1, wherein the phase-separation in step (2) is carried out under pressure.
4. A process according to claim 3, wherein the pressure used in step (2) is the same as that used in step (1).
5. A process according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein different solvents are used in step (4).
6. A process according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein if a plurality of organic phases arises, only that or those with a high concentration of amino-hydrochloride are passed to step (4).
7. A process according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein decomposition products are removed from the residue occurring in step (4), or are inactivated therein, and the treated residue is returned to step (1).
8. A process according to claim 1, wherein the tertiary amine is a tertiary, non-aromatic amine which contains a total of from 14 to 39 carbon atoms in the total nitrogen-bonded ligands, and in which all lateral chains may be unbranched primaries, but at the most one methyl group may be present, or in which the unbranched primary lateral chains may be wholly or partly replaced by branched primaries, providing that the branching locations are at least 3 carbon atoms distant from the central nitrogen atom, or in which two of the lateral chains may be branched primaries with the branching in 2-position, and the third lateral chain is an unbranched primary, or in which one lateral chain is a branched primary with the branching in 2-position, while the other lateral chains may be either both unbranched primaries or one unbranched primary and one unbranched secondary or alicyclic, or in which two of the unbranched primary lateral chains may be replaced by cyclohexyl groups.
9. A process according to claim 1, wherein the tertiary amine is a mixture of tertiary non-aromatic amines containing from 14 to 39 of which a predominant portion are tertiary amines as defined in claim 8.
10. A process according to claim 1, wherein the tertiary amine is an N-alkyl-azacycloalkane having a total of at least 14 carbon atoms and con-forming to the general formula:
wherein n is a whole number from 4 to 12, R represents an alkyl group having a maximum of 18 carbon atoms and the methylene groups are optionally sub-stituted by alkyl groups having a maximum of 6 carbon atoms in the total alkyl groups.
wherein n is a whole number from 4 to 12, R represents an alkyl group having a maximum of 18 carbon atoms and the methylene groups are optionally sub-stituted by alkyl groups having a maximum of 6 carbon atoms in the total alkyl groups.
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